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General Category => Sales & Auctions => Topic started by: Les on August 25, 2009, 11:29:07 pm

Title: Microcars by Tony Marshall....on EBay
Post by: Les on August 25, 2009, 11:29:07 pm
Looks like my last posting created some lively debate!

Is a copy of Microcars by Tony Marshall so rare to command an asking price as shown on this EBay auction?


http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170371481268&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT#ht_500wt_975
Title: Re: Microcars by Tony Marshall....on EBay
Post by: Jim Janecek on August 26, 2009, 12:15:08 am
Quote from: Les on August 25, 2009, 11:29:07 pm

Is a copy of Microcars by Tony Marshall so rare to command an asking price as shown on this EBay auction?


it has not sold yet.  16 days to go.
Asking price means nothing except to someone desperate to get one thinking they will never find another copy.
The seller is taking offers....
Wait 16 days, then see where it ends up.
Title: Re: Microcars by Tony Marshall....on EBay
Post by: marcus on August 26, 2009, 08:06:32 am
Tony will be somewhat flattered to know that his great work is SO highly valued, but I think JIm is on the button!
Title: Re: Microcars by Tony Marshall....on EBay
Post by: g-o-g-g-o on August 26, 2009, 08:14:45 am
Hi Les
         This book normally sells on EBay for around 20-25 pounds, you can look around your local Oxfam or charity shop to buy one for a few pounds or go to Beaulieu - where I have found one for £10, that was a few years ago and I sold it almost immediately for £15 - good luck in your quest for one, I'm sure you can get one for a quarter of this price!!
                                                                                                                                                             Mike
Title: Re: Microcars by Tony Marshall....on EBay
Post by: blob on August 26, 2009, 10:46:32 am
I second that, someone has obviously lost the plot! I've seen these for sale quite frequently for very little indeed.
Title: Re: Microcars by Tony Marshall....on EBay
Post by: Chris Thomas on August 26, 2009, 10:59:12 am
Dear Les

Who ever has put in the bid for £99.9 has dyslexic fingers and has put the decimal point in the wrong place and it should be £9.99. I think they may get a shock when they realise what they had done.

Chris Thomas
Title: Re: Microcars by Tony Marshall....on EBay
Post by: marcus on August 26, 2009, 11:32:33 am
Perhaps the bidder thinks he is bidding for an old microcar!
Title: Re: Microcars by Tony Marshall....on EBay
Post by: Chris Thomas on August 26, 2009, 12:47:00 pm
Dear Marcus

Looking more closely it is the seller who has set the price at £99.99. Mind you the seller comes from Sevenoaks so probably does not understand the value of money below £1 million pounds.

Chris Thomas
Title: Re: Microcars by Tony Marshall....on EBay
Post by: marcus on August 26, 2009, 01:28:45 pm
Sevenoaks, that says it all. Petty cash!
Title: Re: Microcars by Tony Marshall....on EBay
Post by: g-o-g-g-o on August 26, 2009, 02:26:55 pm
Hi
     You got something against people who come from Sevenoaks !!!
                                                                                                                Mike
Title: Re: Microcars by Tony Marshall....on EBay
Post by: Chris Thomas on August 26, 2009, 02:40:17 pm
Dear Mike

Only the ones who live there now, especially those who work in banking. (I once worked in Sevenoaks, but not in banking)

Before I upset anybody else, does anybody know anybody with a Microcar in Sevenoaks as I have never seen a Microcar diving through the town.

Chris Thomas
Title: Re: Microcars by Tony Marshall....on EBay
Post by: g-o-g-g-o on August 26, 2009, 03:06:30 pm
Hi Insight
               I was once given a Heinkel - or parts of one from Sevenoaks - The chap saw me at the Bromley Pageant of Motoring and gave me his address - as far as I can remember it was a big house and these were the spares he had forgotten to take to the scrap yard when he drove his car there.
                                                                                                                                                                                               Mike
Title: Re: Microcars by Tony Marshall....on EBay
Post by: marcus on August 26, 2009, 03:30:25 pm
Well I went to school in Seven, er, 3oaks (1987 gale took out a few) and I know that there are plenty of residents there whose income is just that little gnats higher than most.
 Mind you, has anyone ever been along Bishops Avenue, North London? My brother had a carving job for door decorations up there. The house had been built for only £38 and the decorating budget was £18.
Sorry, the land was extra, and I left out "million" after the numbers.